Oct 13, 2025 | Board, Club Meeting, News
St. James has a last minute funeral on our regular first Friday meeting date, so our meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, November 6th at 7 pm. Walt, KB3SBC is unable to present on this date, so we will have another activity. We will also accept nominations for the PAARC 2026 Board. Positions open for nomination are: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, all one year terms, and one Executive Board Member position with a 3 year term. To nominate a member by email, send your callsign and nominated party to secretary at paarc dot net by 1Wed. 1/5/25.
We meet at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd., in Limerick, PA. Refreshments served.
Aug 19, 2025 | Club Meeting, Meeting, News
We welcome members and friends to join us on Friday, Sept. 5th for SKYWARN training at 7:00 pm, with Lou Ruh, WX3I. We meet at St. James Lutheran Church, 93 Kugler Rd. (Swamp Pike and Kugler Rd.) in Limerick, PA. This training will empower you to become a weather spotter for the National Weather Service. Refreshments will be served.
The meeting will be preceded by an Amateur Radio license exam at 5:00 pm on 9/5. Sign up at ham study.org. Scroll to Sept. 5th and look for PAARC. You need an FRN to take an exam. Learn more here:
https://www.paarc.net/license-exams/
Jun 8, 2025 | License Exams, Meeting, News
PAARC will not hold monthly meetings or Amateur Radio exams in July and August. We will return for in-person, first Friday meetings and exams beginning on September 5th. The Sept. 5th meeting will feature SKYWARN training, with Lou Ruh, WX3I. Weekly Nets, bi-weekly breakfasts, and the Monday Roundtable on Google Meet will continue throughout the summertime.
Mar 29, 2025 | Nets, News, Repeater
The UHF Repeater 443.55 was removed for service on 3/23/25. One of the cooling fans has failed and needs to be replaced. There are two fans in each repeater, Presently, the fans run continuously. The cabinet fan has failed, the condition of the second fan on the transmitter heat sink is unknown. Both will be replaced and a temperature controller will be installed which will control the fans to run only at a set temperature. Expect the repeater to be down for several days. The 2 meter repeater fans will be replaced later.
– PAARC Technical Committee
Dec 24, 2024 | Nets, News
The Wednesday PAARC nets coincide with holidays on Dec. 25, 2024 and Jan. 1, 2025, so we won’t be on the air on those two days. The nets will return on Wed., Jan. 7, 2025. Please join us and check in! Learn more about PAARC nets: https://www.paarc.net/nets/
